Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or D-Gray Man. If I did I would be rich from owning Naruto and I would make sure that D-Gray Man would get new chapters out.
Well here's the third chapter of this first upload. Now to make this clear this won't be them heading to the Black Order. That comes later…which means next chapter. This chapter serves as part of the introduction for my story which will end when they go to the Black Order and deal with the proper paperwork, err I mean the events there. This chapter is one-hundred percent me making up what happens, using my imagination. Not that I'm saying I came up with an amazing plotline for the chapter, but since none of this was in the manga or the anime it took a while for me to come up with something that I felt like would do well there.
Again, I'm planning on having Allen and Rhode get together, but I'll put more development into it than what the manga did. Then I plan on having Naruto and Fou get together. You wanna know the reason? For some reason I like Fou as a character. I have no idea why, but I just do. I know that some people think it should be Lenalee but really that's too obvious. Nothing against her, you can't hate on the lovable Chinese girl that looked cute with either her pigtails or short hair, but like I said that's too obvious. Plus, again like I said I really like Fou for some reason that not even I know. So for now it'll be her and Naruto. However, Naruto's pairing doesn't have much of a contribution to the overall plot. So if it's not too late then I might just change it but bet on it being that.
For those of you reading this I uploaded my fifth chapter for A World Turned Upside Down so check that out please. And the next story I plan on updating will be The Winds of Change, just to let the few people who liked it know.
Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the chapter!
Chapter Three
Moore walked through the police station with her hands under a tray. On the tray were three cups filled with ice cold water. She was surprised when Allen's surrogate brother had arrived at the police station. However, when he did everything became much, much more lively. Allen definitely would agree to that statement. Considering that Naruto had given a ferocious noogie that led Allen squirming around.
When she walked through a door what she noticed made her stare at them with a deadpan face. Naruto was once again giving Allen a noogie while Allen was squirming and yelling at Timcanpy to help him get Naruto away from him. Timcanpy was hiding behind the couch. It didn't want Naruto's wrath upon him. "Um, Naruto, could you let him go? The drinks are here."
Naruto's blue eyes shifted to her and he gave a big grin while still giving Allen the noogie. "Why thank you. I am actually a little thirsty. All the work it takes to noogie Allen made me thirsty." He let go of Allen, who scrambled to the opposite side of the room, and took the cup of water from Officer Moore. He took a sip from it and gave out a loud sigh. "There we go! That's much better. Thank you."
Officer Moore smiled at him before turning to Allen. She walked over to Allen and gave a small giggle at the way he was mumbling under his breath about jerk big brothers. "Here's your water, Allen. Now I would like to talk to the both of you so I'll need for you to sit nearby Naruto so I could talk to the both of you."
"Traitor."
"Is that any way to be thinking about your brother?" Naruto chirped from the other side of the room.
"Yes, considering you attacked me the moment that we saw each other after two years. You know how happy I was to see you? It was like a day full of sunshine and rainbows then it became dark and rainy once you attacked me!"
"First of all, you're exaggerating. Second of all, I had to go through a lot because you didn't meet me at the rendezvous. What even happened?"
"He got arrested," Moore decided to tell him.
"You got arrested? Wow, you're pathetic."
"Shut up! Who was the one who got arrested by the police in Paris?"
"I was covering for Jiraiya. It was a part of my training. How to escape from a jail cell without help from Innocence or using chakra. I'm still wanted in Paris because I was able to escape. Big Louis was a nice guy, I actually do miss the guy."
Moore cleared her throat to get their attention. Unfortunately for her it failed as they were too busy "reminiscing."
"Then there was the time that you had that African tribe chasing after you."
Naruto actually turned his head in embarrassment. "How was I supposed to know that the water was sacred? I thought that it was a toilet." That was definitely a messy situation for everybody that was involved. "I mean, it was in an oval container so that would usually mean that it was a toilet. No wonder it didn't flush."
"Then there was the time in Germany."
"Ok, that wasn't even close to my fault. Those girls were being harassed by those guys so I had to take care of them. Plus I got a kiss on both cheeks by the both of them. Sadly I'll probably never see them again."
"Then there was the time in-"
"Shut up!" Moore had enough listening to the both of them. While the African story was amusing she didn't want them to waste any more time Allen telling the story with Naruto trying to save face. From the way that Allen didn't have to put much time coming up with an example that means that he had many more stories to tell. Again, she didn't have much time to wait. She needed to talk to the both of them. When she realized that she had their attention she said, "I really want you guys to please calm down and relax. I need to talk to the both of you about something serious."
Naruto's eyes hardened and he nodded before he moved with speed that she couldn't follow and sat down on the couch of the police headquarters lobby. Allen walked over to the same couch but he definitely wasn't happy about it.
"Now that you both are listening. First of all, Naruto, are you responsible for the destruction at the graveyard that I heard about while I was out?" A sheepish look and Naruto rubbing the back of his head was her answer. "Ok, well I'll just assume that it was an Akuma that made you do that so you're off the hook for now. The second thing that I wanted to talk to you about is a case that I think some Akuma are involved in."
This had gained both Naruto and Allen's attention. Allen was the first to ask, "So, why don't you tell us what the case is about? Is it the same as the church?"
"A little, actually a lot. Here's the file," Moore said while placing a file down onto the table in front of them. Allen had picked the table up and moved it towards the two of them while both Naruto and Allen looked over it. "The assumption for the case is that there is a killer who's been killing people in an alleyway and making their bodies disappear with only their clothes to show they were there. Now, at first I thought that was what was happening, but after last night I believe that it could be an Akuma since what's happening matches an Akuma killing spree."
"How many people have been killed inside this alley?" Naruto asked.
Moore pushed her glasses up which were starting to fall down her face before saying, "The official records say that there have been ten killings. However, we never know if there have been more people who have been killed there."
"Which is worse because the more they kill the quicker they evolve into a level two Akuma. We can't allow that to happen if it is an Akuma that's causing the disturbance," Naruto said while leaning back into the couch. He had his right index finger tapping gently on his temple while saying to Innocence, 'I think that it could be an Akuma that's causing the disturbance. How far does the Earl's influence reach? The fact that there are at least three Akuma in London is a big problem. This is just one city, now imagine if there are any more. It's a little unsettling.'
"Agreed. It is very unsettling. The Earl's influence reaches far throughout the world. Imagine all the people that have been killed because of that. Imagine all the people that continue to die. The idea of Akuma is brilliant because no matter what more Akuma will continue to be created."
'Don't tell me that you wish you came up with the idea?'
"Absolutely not. I'm just saying that it's a brilliant idea for whatever his overall plan is. I wish that there is a way that we can hurry and destroy all the Akuma, or even better, we can kill the Earl."
'Yeah, that would be nice.'
Allen was lost in thought after hearing what Moore had said. He noticed that Naruto had gone deathly silent so that meant that he was talking with Innocence. Moore was looking off into the distance too. Allen noticed that her eyes were a little bloodshot so she probably didn't get much sleep. He wasn't surprised. His first night finding out about the Akuma was a lot for him to take in too. "Moore, do you think that we should go check it out? If it is an Akuma then Naruto and I definitely can take care of any Akuma. Especially if it's a level one Akuma, those are easy to take care of. If it's a level two Akuma then that'll be a little bit harder to deal with."
Moore nodded before saying, "I'll take the both of you there in an hour, unless you really want to go there right now. I just figured that it would be best if you waited since a lot of people are probably hanging around the area at his point."
"We'll go later," Naruto suddenly said out of nowhere. Both of them turned to Naruto as he said, "I need to make a quick stop before we leave towards that alley. Plus it'll give us some time to get the place cleared out. Do you know John Russell, Moore?" Once she said yes he continued, "Well, turns out that for a short while his best friend turned out to be an Akuma. Not only that but when I arrived at the house one of his maids was also an Akuma. That has me a little worried, but the thing I'm worried about is the psyche of the boy. It might possibly be damaged from what he had to witness yesterday."
"We can go there in a little bit. Right now I just want to relax for a bit and get my mind cleared up. I'm thinking faster than should be possible for a normal human being. Maybe I should go take a nap, which might help," Moore said as she leaned backwards onto the chair. "Naruto, did you by any chance find some houses for sale on your way over here? Wait, let me clarify. Some cheap houses for sale."
"No, I didn't bother to look because what are the odds that a local would be asking me something like that. Why? What happened?"
"An Akuma destroyed my home and everything in it." When she noticed the look that Naruto gave Allen she quickly tried to explain, "Don't blame Allen for anything, it was so quick and sudden that I doubt even you would have a chance to react."
Naruto gave a grin before saying, "I have a way that I can sense an Akuma once I become close to one. While Allen can see Akuma from far away with his eye, he can't see them without the eye activated. Me on the other hand. I can sense them at all times but I can't sense them from far away. So in a way I guess you can say it's a tradeoff of advantages. Once I entered into your home then I would have defeated it easily before it destroyed your home."
Moore was able to understand what Naruto had been trying to tell her. It actually did make sense, and now that she thinks about it. She quickly turned to Allen who was starting to quiver when she looked at him with a glare. "Why didn't you use your eye when we were in the home? That would have solved everything!"
"Because I didn't want to frighten you. I was a suspect already I didn't need to show my eye with you watching my every move."
Moore released Allen from her glare before saying, "Hmm. That makes sense." She then leveled Allen with another glare before saying, "Why couldn't you be replaced with your brother when I found you?" Of course she wasn't being fully serious. She's come to like having Allen around.
"Allen, you just can't seem to win, can you?" Naruto said with amusement clear in his voice. It is fun to tease Allen about a variety of things. "Although I would like to continue dissing on Allen forever," What a great adopted brother. "However, I need to go to John's house. If you guys would like to come then fine by me, it'll help me keep from getting arrested in case the people act like that."
Moore and Allen thought it over before they both nodded. Moore said, "Very well. If you can wait a few moments that would be great. If I have my police uniform on when I go there with you then that might help calm them down."
Naruto nodded and leaned back into the couch as Allen looked at Naruto with a questioning glance. "Is there something on my face?" Naruto asked. Hopefully it would allow Allen to explain the staring.
"Nope, it's ugly as usual. However, I wanted to know why you seem much more serious now. Even before Ms. Moore decided to talk with us you were more serious than I remember."
Naruto chuckled and said, "It's because Pervy Sage drove that point home. Literally, he drove a horses' carriage right into me because I wasn't acting serious." Naruto laughed quietly before saying, "I'm mostly the same when we split up for individual training, but Pervy Sage said that there's more than meets the eye in this world."
Allen felt as if Naruto and he had the worse teachers in the world. Cross would make Allen pay his debts by all means while Jiraiya would put Naruto through extreme methods of training. The first three years was a combination of both teachers for the both of them. Allen decided that it would be best if he changed the subject. "Did you come up with any more theories as to how you and Mister Jiraiya came to this world?"
Naruto shook his head before sighing. "No, Pervy Sage, Innocence, and I haven't come up with anything. We know how it happened, but that seems a little too convenient if that's all there was to it. I thought that perhaps this world is actually connected to mine with some sort of bridge that we crossed when it happened, but Pervy Sage threw me over a bridge for such a 'outlandish idea' as he put it. Don't give me that look, the bridge was filled mostly with water." Naruto gave a loud yawn which he tried to cover but failed. "Anyway, where is Moore at? We need to get going or else I'm going to fall asleep."
"Here I am," Moore said. Truth is she was eaves dropping on them, but she wouldn't tell them that. It surprised her that the blond was from another world, but at this point she wouldn't be surprised if magic and mages were real or if there was a military in the afterlife dedicated to fighting corrupted spirits with swords. Like that would ever happen.
(A While Later)
Well just like she promised they stopped at the Russell's residence. Once she knocked on the door a large maid had opened the door before saying, "Yes, how can I help you, officer?"
"Hello, we're here to see John. Is he in by any chance?"
The maid looked at Moore closely with squinted eyes. Once she deduced that Moore had honest intentions in trying to find John she said, "He's not in right now. He said something about mourning his dead friend before he stormed out of the house. Didn't give me any chance to stop him." She blinked as she noticed a big whirlwind take place inside the home. Then she noticed that there were now two people standing outside the door. 'Where did the blond one go?' She thought to herself. Did people really move like that? She would have thought herself to be imagining that the blond was there. However, from watching how the officer and the weird white haired boy look around in confusion led her to believe that her sanity was still in check.
Moore was even more confused when Naruto ran off on his own. Allen was surprised that Naruto ran off without warning, but he figured that Naruto might know where John was at. Moore thanked the maid before walking away with Allan in tow. Once they were out of the maid's earshot Moore said to Allen, "Well I have no idea what's going on, but I would guess that
Allen shook his head before saying, "No, not a clue. I'm guessing, and this is just a guess that he knows where John is."
Moore hummed as what Allen said. It made sense to her that Naruto would know where John is. Things definitely seem different since she learned of the Akuma's existence.
(At the Graveyard)
John was sitting with his back against the fence as he stared at the destruction in the graveyard. He didn't know what happened while he fell unconscious. However, from the way that he was alive he figured that Leo…the Akuma was dead because of that blond guy.
"I figured that you would be here." Speaking of the blond guy.
John looked over to the side when he saw Naruto land next to him. Naruto then walked over and sat down next to John. There was a silence as they both stared at the graveyard. Finally John was the first to make conversation, "So, Leo…did you kill…it?"
Naruto smiled at him and said, "Well, I destroyed the Akuma, I didn't kill the soul that was there. I released the soul from the Earl's control. You do realize that the soul wasn't your friend Leo right? The Akuma killed him and took his body," Naruto said as he watched the expression on John's face. "Did Leo ever lose anybody important recently?"
"Yeah, he lost his mother recently. I never thought about that. I never thought that Leo would turn his mother into an Akuma. The thing that worries me is that he knew how Akuma's enter into the world. The Earl doesn't make you turn your loved one into an Akuma. So that means Leo did on purpose, right?"
Naruto nodded before saying, "I don't know why he did it, but I think that he was so filled with grief that he wanted to see his mom again, even if he knew that she would become an Akuma. I'm sorry you've had to go through all of this. It's a little difficult to go through. Trust me, I know how it feels."
The both of them continued to talk before they saw two people walking towards them. Naruto smiled when he saw that it was Allen and Moore who were walking towards them. He gave a wave as they both came over. "Hey guys. I want you both to meet John Russell. He's a good kid, even though he's a little bit of a brat."
"Who you calling a brat, blondie!"
"I'm calling you a brat, short-stack!"
Allen and Moore both stared in deadpan as they watched Naruto interact with the kid. "Allen, you're brother is just like a little kid."
"Yeah, trust me I know," Allen said with no ounce of surprise in his voice. "I would say that we should leave these two alone, but to be honest with you I don't trust Naruto to be mature enough to keep out of trouble."
Naruto would have rebutted Allen's claim, but he was too busy arguing with John to hear what Allen had said.
Moore decided to look around the area while she and Allen waited for Naruto and John to finish arguing. There were a lot of machine parts all over the area and over tombstones with random holes in the ground with a few craters scattered randomly. The destruction of the area was over exaggerated by the people who reported it to the police. That's good. From the look of things she could tell that there were a lot more pieces of machinery scattered all over the area. This meant that there a ton of Akuma instead of there just being one.
"Naruto, what happened here?"
Naruto stopped arguing with John before turning to Moore and saying, "Well the Earl showed up and released a ton of Akuma and I destroyed them all. It's that simple."
"The Earl was here! Did you try to kill him? Did you try to save the world? If you didn't I'm going to have to kill you!"
Naruto laughed at the way that Allen seemed to be begging that he at least even tried. "Yes, I attempted to kill the Earl but he was able to escape. I honestly didn't expect for the Earl to be destroyed, but it was worth a shot. No harm no foul…unless it did hit him."
They continued to talk for a while before they walked John home. With a fist bump Naruto said goodbye to John before they walked off.
(A While Later)
They had arrived at the alleyway and were preparing to enter into it. Naruto stared into the place contemplating what he needed to do. "Allen, doesn't this place just seem off to you?"
"Yes, something definitely does not seem right about this whole place," Allen said with the Pentacle activated. "I don't see an Akuma in there so I don't know, but the whole place just feels…evil."
'Hey, Innocence, can you feel anything inside of there?'
"No, I can't feel anything in there. It's frightening. I don't have a clue what's going on. If there is an Akuma that's behind all this then it isn't in that alley at the moment."
'Thanks.' Naruto then looked at Allen before saying, "Innocence says that he can't find anything in there. We should investigate though. We might find some sort of clue as to what is going on."
Allen nodded and looked at Moore who was looking a little shaken up at the possibility of finding something in there. "Are you ok? You don't look good."
"I'm fine, just a little worried that's all. You never know what you're going to find at the crime scene. Since I know about Akuma's it just feels different. If it was a criminal then I could handle it myself but if it is an Akuma then I know that I can't do anything about it. I just feel useless.
"You may feel useless, but you'll be much help if you just spot something," Naruto said while giving her a friendly smile that made her relax a little bit. "Allen and I can take care of anything in there. As long as you help us find it then you'll be a lot of help. Trust me."
Moore nodded and smiled back as Allen gave a smile at the two of them. Although Naruto didn't realize it Moore was starting to like him. Not in that way but she was starting to like having him around too. While he could act immature at times Naruto is very kind and caring. Even to people that he doesn't even know hence the reason why Naruto tried to console John who had just lost his friend. "Alright you guys. You ready?" When he saw that the both of them nodded at him Allen said, "Then let's go."
The three of them then walked into the alley. The first step was the hardest as it felt like they entered into a whole new world. The alley was dark and dirty. Insects were crawling around everywhere while webs were holding spiders which seemed like they were watching them. The place definitely would look like the setting for a horror novel that Naruto sometimes reads.
They looked around and noticed that there was nothing to be seen. No people, no animals, no sign of life. No homeless people looking for money and no desperate people planning to mug an unfortunate person who decided to walk through. It was devoid of everything except insects. It was abandoned.
"Alright, I don't see anything. I would suggest splitting up but I doubt that would be such a great idea at the time," Naruto said as he continued to survey the area. There was no sound either; it was almost like the wind wouldn't even blow into the alley. Like the wind was also too frightened to enter into the alley.
Allen looked up into the sky with his trench coat covering his arms. He walked forward only to find some clothes on the ground. He reached down and picked it up in case he could find some sort of clue. Sadly he couldn't find anything and he just tossed it away. It had no purpose at the moment. "Moore, Naruto, I'm going to look over here real quick. Maybe I'll find something. Hopefully." When he saw that they had heard him he walked off into a random direction.
Naruto and Moore continued to remain by each other while they searched for some sort of clue to show that something was up. There was an awkward silence as the two of them searched for any type of clue. Finally, Moore decided to ask Naruto a question, "Hey, Naruto. I need to ask you a question."
"Shoot."
"When you were talking to Allen about being from another universe, were you guys actually talking about the truth?"
"So you heard us?" At Moore's embarrassed nod Naruto chuckled before saying, "Yes. It's true. I'm from another world. Strange right?"
"It's a little farfetched to be honest. However, the fact that you didn't know I was listening in yet you still talked about means you honestly believe it. So I know that you're not trying to pull my leg. I'm not completely sure if I can say that I believe you, but honestly, after last night I'm willing to believe that anything is possible."
"Well that's the truth of the matter. I wouldn't be lying about something like this."
Moore hummed in recognition before she closed her eyes. Would it actually be possible for him to have come from another world? The rational part of her mind was telling her that he was trying to pull a fast one on her, however; another part of her was thinking that it could actually be the case. She thought that the existence of Akuma was just a fairy tale until last night. It could be possible that this blond teenager came from that other world. "I don't know how to take that though. Sorry for being a little…suspicious about everything, but you honestly can't blame me."
Naruto laughed at that. He honestly wasn't surprised that she didn't believe him. Although it would be nice if she did fully believe him, it's not going to make much of a difference. He knew he was from another world and that's all that matter. "I don't blame you. I'm actually a little surprised that you aren't one-hundred percent denying it. But enough about that. So you're just a police officer right? No boyfriends or anything?"
"Are you planning on making a move on me?" She expected for him to attempt to flirt back but when she saw Naruto's face become red she let out a little giggle. It seems that he is a little innocent if he blushed just from that. She gave him a small wink which made him turn away from her. It was really quite cute. She would make a move if he was a few years older. "To answer your question, no I don't have one. I've went on a few dates at times, but I've never actually found anything serious. I think I'm just focused more on my job than actually dating someone."
"How can you deal with it?"
"What do you mean?"
Naruto gave a long sigh before speaking, "Well, I'm always hearing something about how there's always someone for everyone, but sometimes what if that isn't the case, you know? What if some people have certain situations that makes it impossible for them to find another person. Like a job or something like that."
Moore blinked at him. The way he was speaking wasn't like someone who had the thought just pop into their head; no, it sounded like someone who had been worrying about that problem for a while. Someone who has been stressing for a while about a situation like that. Although he probably didn't want her to know that. "Sometimes some people will spend their life alone. If it's part of God's will then it doesn't matter."
"I don't really like that fact."
"There's a lot of things that people don't like, but it's still going to happen anyway whether we like it or not." Otherwise her sister wouldn't have been killed. "That's just something that people need to learn. Just because something goes wrong that doesn't mean that you can just grieve about it and think that it's the end of the world, rather, just learn from it and grow from it."
Naruto stared off into the distance before saying, "I understand, I think. Anyway, let's focus on trying to find a clue for now. We won't find anything if we just continue to talk right?" Naruto asked before awkwardly laughing as if to lighten the mood. Not that it really needed to be lightened.
Allen came back a few minutes later with nothing except some dust on his arms. He looked at the both of them before saying, "I couldn't find anything except some more clothes. Wherever this Akuma is it's doing a good job of hiding itself."
"You're certain that it's an Akuma?" Moore asked.
"There were three more pairs of clothes that I could find with dust all around them. The only way that's possible is that it was an Akuma. There's no way that someone would light every single victim on fire and they would turn to ashes right where they stand. Unless they were shot or stabbed but then you would either hear them or see some blood on the ground. The only way that all this is possible if it was an Akuma."
Naruto nodded to Allen's reasoning. It made sense. There were no invalid points there. "I agree, this isn't the work of a mass murdering human, but rather of an Akuma. However, the only way that we can solve this is for us to find the Akuma."
"Which we won't be able to do without just going on a killing frenzy and freaking other people out." Allen said. He paused for a second while thinking about what to say next. He then continued, "Well, I guess we could do that but we would probably freak a lot of people out. The general populace don't know about the existence of Akuma so we can't just say that we're killing Akuma."
Moore put her hands up to her head in frustration. She was having a headache just thinking about this tricky situation. She needs to have a vacation within the next few days. Yep, she's going to request for one when this is all over. "I think I understand. We don't need anybody freaking out and arresting us for killing something that is believed to be fake. Everyone will either think we're very desperate for coming with that idea or that we're crazy for really thinking they exist."
"Maybe the Black Order will help us out?" Allen asked.
Naruto gave a small mocking laugh before saying, "The Order wouldn't strain themselves to help somebody who isn't a member of the Order."
"You still dislike the Order?"
"For what they did, yeah!" That was a horrible thing that happened. He wasn't going to forgive them for something that they could have handled in a different fashion.
"I'm sorry for interrupting you two, but we need to focus on the case. Now, we've looked all over the area and we haven't had anything to eat for a while now, so let's go get something to eat then we can come back and finish the case. Ok?" Moore asked.
At the mention of food Naruto's stomach immediately rumbled. He rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment while his cheeks were a little flushed. Allen nodded his head while trying to contain the growl that threatened to come from his stomach. However, he failed and both of the embarrassed teenagers were looking at her with pleading looks. She laughed rather loudly before moving her index finger in a "come here" motion as she led the two of them to a restaurant.
"Hey, Allen, how much money do you have?"
"What? I thought that you were supposed to bring the money."
Naruto's eyes narrowed before saying, "I had to spend it all on getting on the train to get here quickly! What did you spend all your money on? Didn't you say in your letter that you had a good amount saved?"
The way that Allen shifted his eyes so he wouldn't have to look at Naruto in the face was enough for Naruto understand what had happened to the money. "You moron! You spent it all on food didn't you?" Naruto then proceeded to complete his "punishment" by shaking Allen back and forth. Moore figured that if Allen was weaker than his head would probably come off.
"It's alright guys. I've got some money that I can use for you."
"Do you have ramen?"
"No, Naruto, this is London, not Japan. You won't find ramen stands on the street here."
"Shut up, Allen! It could happen!"
Moore couldn't stop the sigh that escaped her lips from listening to them. She felt like a babysitter watching over two twin brothers who didn't know the concept of sharing. She didn't mind listening to the two of them though, it made the day seem so much livelier.
(In a COMPLETE Other Place)
Nine figures stood around each other. However, there were no people there at the time, but instead the nine figures were holograms with their features transparent. Their outlines were visible and if someone walked in knowing what one of the figures looked like then they would recognize them. Although no one was going to come across this place.
A man with a venus flytrap mouth was surrounding his head where one half of his face a nose, eye, and mouth were visible while the other half was darker and only had an eye on it. He looked around before he spoke, "We haven't been able to pinpoint the Nine-Tail's Jinchuuriki yet. We've searched all around the elemental nations yet we still can't find him. We don't think that he's here at all. Maybe he went overseas or something like that," a darker voice spoke after the lighter voice spoke.
A figure with gill like features on his face and a large sword on his back turned toward the plant like man before speaking, "You think that brat went overseas? I doubt that. How would he have gotten out of the country? Granted it's been six years since he disappeared but I doubt that he could have gotten that far."
Another figure then started laughing. He had slick back hair with a large scythe with three curved blades. The figure then said, "Really, you can't find the kid? Piss off! I'm going to find him since you're obviously not qualified to do it!"
"You better be ready to back your words up."
The figure spat a round of curses that would scare off even the most foul-mouthed teenager. The figure with the sword on his back started laughing loudly at the cursing man.
"Enough," a commanding voice said. Everyone turned to the figure with spiky hair and unique eyes. They were purple with a ripple like pattern. For those who knew of its history they would be truly frightened of this individual. "For now we will continue the operation as planned. Zetsu, I want you to scout a little more and see if you can find anything. Everyone else will continue with their targets as planned. Now go." With those words the figure watched everyone else leave one by one. Finally the person's rippled eyes shifted to a corner of the room where the meeting had occurred. "So, do you have any ideas to what has happened?"
There was no answer, until someone had walked from the shadows. The man was wearing a black cloak with red clouds. An orange mask with a circular pattern which centered into the one hole that showed the person's right eye. "Yes. When the boy used the Nine-Tail's chakra while I tried to captured him must have sent the technique…haywire. Because of that they were transported, but not to my dimension."
"Don't tell me you honestly mean that they were sent to another world."
"Yes. You would know about different dimensions because of your King of Hell. I don't know anything about the place, but I've searched all over the Elemental Nations for him and I still can't find him. I even searched a little outside of the Elemental Nations to see if it just sent him somewhere else in this world. Again, nothing. The best choice is that he was sent to another dimension."
The holographic figure closed his eyes for a few seconds as if he was thinking before opening his eyes and saying, "How do you think that we should address this?"
"You're the leader, why don't you think of something."
The figure narrowed his eyes at what he said before saying, "Well, considering that the Nine-Tail's chakra is what disturbed it than it might be possible that we can send someone to that side by using one of the captured Tailed Beast's chakra while using your same technique."
"Do you really think that it could work? There's no promise that whoever it is used on will actually go to the same dimension."
"At this moment I believe that it would have to be a level that's close to the Nine-Tail's level of strength. While we don't have the Eight-Tails we do have the Seven-Tails. We can try and use it to send someone to the same universe."
If the figure could look behind the mask then he would have seen a pensive look on the masked man's face. "That makes a little sense. However, I don't want to attempt that with someone since we don't know for sure if it'll work."
"I have the perfect…test subjects to see if it'll work."
The masked man was quiet as he tried to understand who the figure was talking about. Once he finally understood he gave a loud laugh. He couldn't help it, but it was honestly very amusing to him. "Comedy aside, that's a brilliant idea, Nagato. The zombie brothers would be perfect to test it."
"I've told you to call me Pain."
"I'll call you what I want," the masked man said before vanishing in the very technique that sent Naruto and Jiraiya to the other world. With his disappearance the figure also canceled the technique that allowed for him to use the hologram. Then the cave was reduced to silence as if no one was there in the first place.
(Back to the Main Characters)
Naruto moaned in happiness as he put the food of the gods into his mouth. After three minutes of searching for food, or Naruto insisting on finding some ramen, they found a random ramen stand sitting there. It was a small little stand, but it was a nice place. So Naruto was enjoying the food while watching Allen leaving to find the restroom. Something about ramen not agreeing with him. "Poor guy never understood how important ramen is to everybody."
"It's not really that healthy."
"It may not be healthy for the body, but it's good for the soul! God had sent this food down to earth so that we might become enlightened to what they eat up in Heaven!"
"You're a psycho."
"Hey! I resent that remark!"
"Anyway, I wanted to ask you a question. Why are the both of you so set on joining the Black Order?"
Naruto released a sigh. He was tired of thinking that both of them wanted to join that order. "Allen is the one who is set on joining the Order. I'm not necessarily fond of joining it. I'd rather just work on my own."
"Why is that?"
"Because I can do much more if I was working on my own. The only reason I'm doing this is because my master ordered me to do it. Now the truth of the matter is that they order you to go places and they keep track of you. While I will get some privileges for joining the Order I'm going to have adhere to their rules. It sucks, it really does."
"That's all it is? Sounds like a childish reason if you ask me. No offense, but I don't see why you seem to hate them so much."
Naruto chuckled. He wasn't the least bit offended. A lot of people wouldn't understand the true reason why he doesn't want to join the Order. "I don't take offense to that. There is another reason, but I'm not going to tell you though."
Moore was about to speak but then someone interrupted her. "Excuse me." Both Naruto and Moore looked over to see a pretty teenage girl standing to their side. She had blond hair, blue eyes, and she wore a red dress that showed a little bit of cleavage. "What's your name?" She said while looking at Naruto. Her voice was soft but it had a monotone feel to it.
Naruto was surprised. He would never expect any girl, a pretty one at that, to just walk up to him and ask for his name. "Um, m-my name is Na-Naruto." He cursed himself with that stutter while he was saying his name. It probably was a complete turn off for her.
"Naruto…that's a nice name." Naruto was again surprised. He stuttered and yet the girl still seemed interested. "What are you doing later tonight?"
Naruto was internally freaking out. His mind was going fifty miles a minute while he tried to come up with why this girl wanted to ask him out. He knew where it was heading, but it didn't mean that he had no idea what to do. Not only that, but he also had a job to do with Moore and Allen. He looked over at Moore who had an unusual look on her face. He didn't know if it was a negative emotion running through her head, but he didn't necessarily care at the moment. Should he make the selfish choice and go on the date? Or should he make the unselfish choice and go on the date even though he knows that it probably ruin any chances with her. It seemed that the girl had amazing patience as she just stood there waiting for him to answer. And here he was continuing on thinking without giving an answer. "Sure! I would love to go out with you!"
The girl gave a smile, but it seemed off. "Wonderful. Why don't we meet here later tonight? About seven o'clock?"
Naruto gave a big grin as his cheeks became a little red. "Sure! Sounds great! Can't wait to meet you here!"
The girl smiled before walking away. Naruto, however, had a gigantic smile on his face as he leaned back into his chair. He couldn't stop the butterfly feeling in his chest and stomach as he thought about the date that he'll go on. He looked over to Moore who was giving him a strange look. "What?"
"Nothing. It's just something was off. Didn't you pay attention to her when she was here?"
Naruto shook his head before saying, "Not really. I was too busy thinking about the fact that a girl had asked me out. The funny thing is that a girl asked me out while I asked you that question a while back. I think it's some kind of fate. Or maybe I guess you could say it's God's will. Whatever you want to call it."
"Naruto, she seemed off. Her eyes…they seemed empty. She reminded me of my sister disguised as Mark. She could be an Akuma."
"I would know if she was an Akuma. Like I said that I have something that can allow me to sense Akuma. If she were one than I would have sensed it since she was right next to us. Trust me, I think that we're fine."
That made sense to Moore. However, she just couldn't shake off the bad feeling that she couldn't shake off. "Whatever, just don't expect me to bail you out if something goes wrong."
Naruto's eyes narrowed at her. Why can't she be supportive? Even though they had known each other for so far only a day yet he felt like he could trust her. She felt like an older sister of sort. Which is preposterous because they had known each other for only a day and Allen knew her for two days, yet she had that feel around her. "Why can't you just let me enjoy the fact that someone actually wants to go out with me. This is a first for me, so I want to enjoy it. I know that you and Allen can handle the Akuma on your own. You don't need me anyway!"
"What's going on over here?" Allen asked as he walked over to the both of them. "Whoo, that didn't really feel good. Now what happened while I was gone?"
"Dear ole lover boy got a date with a girl tonight. A suspicious looking girl if you get what I mean."
Allen gave Naruto a hard stare. Naruto was always complaining about not getting a girl, but he didn't have to get one on the day that they were busy looking for an Akuma. "Really, Naruto? What's with you? I can't believe that you would have to do something so…I don't even know what to say. Why would you do something so reckless!"
"Why can't either of you except it. I wasn't given the warning that she was an Akuma so it's all ok! And like I told Moore the two of you can handle any Akuma that appears. There's nothing to worry about! Just let me enjoy this one good thing that happened in my life!" He sounded like a depressed teenager.
"I would accept it, but the problem is we have something else that needs to be done. If you just up and leave for a selfish reason like that…well it's just not right!" Allen said. Why can't Naruto just realize how selfish this is?
"I know that it's a little selfish, but what if this is the game changer! What if this is the one girl for me and I might mess it up and forever be alone because you two won't let me go on a date with her! You two are awful! You're mean! You are horrible, horrible people! You must be reincarnated Akuma…yes! That's what you two are!"
Moore and Allen both stared at Naruto with a deadpan expression. That happens quite often around Naruto. "So…he's very overdramatic."
"Yes, yes he is. At times he is. Mostly when he wants us to feel bad so he can get his way. Alright! You can go on your date!"
All of a sudden Naruto's expression switched as he grabbed the both of them and hugged them while twirling them around in the air. Moore was surprised that he could pick both of them up, but she didn't know about chakra yet. "Thank you! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" Naruto screamed as he continued to spin them around.
"Don't mention it," the both of them were able to wheeze out as he continued to give them their own personal carnival ride.
Allen would be the first to admit that he was still completely against the idea of Naruto skipping work to go on a date. However, looking at Naruto's smiling face was enough for any complaints to completely die down. While Naruto is always carefree and a fun-loving guy, there was still something there that was sad. It was like he was damaged by something that he had issues being truly happy. Allen figured that might be because of something that happened in Naruto's world. But just looking at Naruto's smiling face was like looking at the face of the sun, bright and happy.
Moore was still not completely convinced, but like Allen she wasn't going to still argue for Naruto's sake since he seems so excited about this. "Alright, now let's finish our food since, Naruto, you're not finished yet. Then, I guess, we can try and find something for Naruto to wear on his date. After all, you need to look good if you want her to be impressed by you." Naruto nodded at that and proceeded to finish up the bowl of ramen that he hadn't finished yet. He finished the last noodle with a lengthy slurp before he was officially finished with his food.
The three of them proceeded to find a clothing store. Moore insisted that Naruto would need a better set of clothes if he wanted to look good for his date. Naruto reluctantly agreed. He hated to go clothes shopping for one big reason: Most places don't' sell clothes with the color orange. It should be a crime, but no one ever sells clothes with the holy color.
Without taking too much time they eventually found a set of clothes that were to his liking while also not looking completely ridiculous. He had a red coat that covered his arms while he had an orange shirt along with blue pants. Naruto found the outfit to be exactly what he would want to wear at all times.
Again, to Allen this was a completely different side to Naruto then what he was used to seeing. He was used to the Naruto who looked like he was forcing himself to smile and be obnoxious, now he was looking at a side of Naruto who wouldn't stop smiling even if his life depended on it. It was a welcome change, and wasn't he the one that almost told Naruto to give up on the date? He felt like a bad brother now. Naruto is happy right now, and he should be the one who supports that. He knew Naruto would be supportive of him. "Ok, Naruto. We got about three hours before your date, so what do you want to do? You want to look for the Akuma? We still have time and since it's not too far from the meeting place we can look for something."
Moore nodded before saying, "That's a great idea. I have a watch with me so I'll be able to check the time to make sure that you're not running late."
"I guess I can help you guys out," Naruto conceded. He would rather just prepare for his date with her. The three of them went back to the alleyway where the disappearances happened. They waited around for a few hours yet nothing out of the ordinary happened.
They stayed there for two and a half hours before Allen and Moore decided to leave and try their luck during later hours while Naruto went to the meeting point for his date.
Allen and Moore walked back to the police headquarters while they waited. There was a comfortable silence as the two of them slowly walked. Allen looked all around with his Pentacle out quickly incase he could find an Akuma but the results were what he expected. Nothing. He shouldn't have been surprised but he did feel disappointed at the same time. It would have been nice if he could have found something to help them out. "Moore, has anybody found some sort of evidence when the disappearances started?"
"Nope, not a thing. It's just that people disappear there with their clothes left behind. I agree that it has to be an Akuma without a shadow of a doubt. There's no way any of this adds up. We'll check later tonight for the Akuma, maybe that will help us out." She then made a thoughtful face before asking, "Why are you guys going to the Order? I'm just curious, but from the way Naruto sounded it was like the Black Order wasn't going to be the best choice for you guys. Like all it's going to do is limit you. Then again it seemed like he had a hatred for it so maybe that makes a little more sense."
Allen gave a shake of his head before saying, "Naruto doesn't hate the Order. He just dislikes it. He believes in their ideals, but he doesn't like their methods. He would rather go with the wind and destroy random Akuma that he finds then having to accept where he needs to go and when he goes."
"Why doesn't he just do that? Forget about the Order and do his own work?"
"Because his master told him to join the Order. I'm sure he told you that already but it's very important to him. Naruto may act like he has no respect for his master, but the truth is he holds Mister Jiraiya in very high regard. It's something about where he's from that shows a more powerful bond between the idea of a master and a pupil, or something like that. I don't fully remember what Mister Jiraiya had told me."
(With Naruto)
Naruto was once again freaking out on the inside. He didn't know what he was doing wrong. He met his date and once they met each other he asked a few routine questions. Such as what her name was and if she lived in London. Her name was Sarlena and she had lived in London all her life. After that things felt like they were going downhill. She hardly answered any of his questions and hardly ever smiled. It was like he was talking to an empty shell. It made him question whether she was an Akuma or not, but he believed that since Innocence hadn't warned him then there was no need to worry.
"So…do you have a favorite color?" Might as well go with something simple. Maybe she just doesn't like talking about herself.
"My favorite color is blue." Her voice was again monotone while she answered. She looked around in several directions before walking off into an alleyway, with Naruto following behind her like a lost puppy.
'Am I doing something wrong? I'm guessing she'll tell her friends then the gossip will spread and there's no way that I'll ever get a girl in this town, Naruto thought. It wasn't till he almost ran into her from behind that he realized that she had stopped moving. "Uh, are you ok?" He received no answer and looked around till he noticed something on the round in front of her. He peered around her shoulder to take a look and saw that it was some clothes on top of dust. He knew exactly where he was. 'Where are Allen and Moore?' He thought to himself. "Hey, Sarlena, we really shouldn't be here. It's a little dangerous around in this area. You never know when someone will sneak up on you and hurt you." Naruto then gave an awkward chuckle as he noticed how feeble of an attempt it was to try and get her to leave the alleyway.
"No." It was a quiet, but he heard her nonetheless. "I'm not going to go anywhere. I have you right where I want you."
She couldn't want that now could she? In here of all places too. "Look, I'm sorry but I don't want that right now. If that's the only reason you asked me out then I'm sorry but you wasted your time."
He was about to attempt to walk away before her hand moved quickly and grabbed his arm in a tight grip. Naruto actually winced at how firm it was. This date was starting to go even further downhill. He used chakra too jump back which made her let his arm go lest she lose her own in the process. "What's the matter with you?"
"I have you right where I want you." Her monotone voice had a dangerous edge to it now. It was dark and evil.
When Naruto saw her beautiful body give way to the hideous body that he had associated as a level one Akuma, he was hurt. This girl didn't want to date him because she was interested; she wanted to date him so she could kill him! Not something that every player out there wants to have happen. "Oh shi-" He had to jump backwards from the Akuma's bullets that attempted to pierce through him.
She must have been the Akuma that killed everybody in this alley. That's the only reason that she…it had led him here. The biggest emotion that was going through his mind right now was fear. While he can easily take out a level one Akuma, Innocence wasn't giving him the Nine-Tails' shroud. He was almost defenseless. Key word: almost.
He pumped chakra into his legs before springing up into the sky. His feet stuck to the walls of the building as he ran from the Akuma's bullets.
During his and Allen's first three years of training Jiraiya and Cross Marion had forced them to take vigorous physical training. The people of this universe couldn't access it, but Jiraiya was convinced that he could train Naruto in using chakra again, which the training had succeeded.
Naruto reached inside of his coat and reached inside his weapon pouch. He hadn't reached inside the pouch for a long time. He pulled out a kunai before throwing it with precision right into the side of the Akuma. The force of the throw made the kunai enter into the Akuma, but only by an inch. "Dang it!" Naruto yelled. "Innocence! Why aren't you doing anything?" Still no answer. No red shroud, no voice speaking into his mind, but just silence.
The Akuma turned to him with the sad look on its face before aiming its cannons at Naruto. Naruto let out a curse out of frustration. Perhaps he could use the Rasengan, but that might be too risky at this point. He would need to get closer. Might as well pull off his favorite trick that Jiraiya had taught him. He put his right index and middle finger sideways behind his left index and middle finger which looked like he made a T. He then yelled out. "Multi shadow clone jutsu!"
Suddenly, multiple Naruto's filled that alleyway. With the Akuma's vision being disrupted from the clones he quickly ran to a place where he knew that the Akuma wouldn't find him. The sounds of fifty Naruto's screaming as they charged at the Akuma was drowned out by the sounds of multiple cannons firing at all of the clones. One by one the clones went up in smoke as the bullets went through them. Soon every single clone had dispersed, but there were no ashes indicating that Naruto was dead. The Akuma looked around slowly in confusion before it heard.
"Rasengan!"
And the Akuma felt something enter straight from the bottom.
Naruto grinned as he felt his hand which held the Rasengan enter straight into the Akuma's underbelly. He was able to kill the Akuma without Innocence, take that! He jumped out from underneath just so he wouldn't be covered by the remains of the Akuma. He looked up and his heart suddenly sank. The Akuma was still floating, with giant hole in the underbelly and all.
Naruto dropped down to his knees right as he saw that. What was the point in even fighting anymore when his strongest attack didn't even faze the Akuma. All of Naruto's hopes of winning had drowned in what was big sea of despair and fear. Years later he will look back at this day and continue to wonder why he had lost hope just from that.
The sounds of fire assaulted his ears and Naruto waited for the bullets to enter into his body and end his life. However, a large arm quickly stretched and blocked Naruto from all of the bullets that the Akuma had sent towards Naruto. Naruto with wide eyes looked to where the hand had come from. He knew instantly once he saw it that it was Allen's arm, but for some reason he was surprised to see Allen and Moore standing there.
"Naruto! Are you alright?" Allen asked Naruto. The two of them went out to get a quick drink since they weren't finding anything. Imagine their surprise when Naruto was confronting an Akuma…and letting the Akuma about to take his life. "What's wrong?"
Naruto never answered as he stared at the two of them before shifting his gaze over towards the Akuma. Once he looked at the Akuma he noticed that it had moved its gaze over to Allen and Moore before it moved its cannons towards the two of them. 'No,'Naruto thought to himself. Why, why wasn't Innocence giving him the Nine-Tails' chakra? It doesn't make sense!
Naruto's danger senses activated when he noticed that the Akuma fired bullets at them. However, they weren't aimed at Allen, but at Moore. By the look on Allen's face he didn't recognize what the Akuma was doing. Naruto pumped all of his chakra into his legs before he rushed forward with all of might. He pushed and pushed with his chakra enhanced body at unimaginable speeds. He reached forward with his arm before he grabbed onto Moore's jacket.
Moore's eyes widened as Naruto ran at her with surprising speed and tackled her. Did he lose his mind? Suddenly she heard the sound of bullets hitting the ground…where she was standing. Naruto moved her about twenty feet from the spot where she was last standing. "Did…did he aim just for me."
Naruto nodded as he looked back at the spot that Moore was last standing. He gave Allen a look that Allen immediately recognized. It was a look that said to finish off the enemy. Allen nodded at Naruto before he moved his arm forward to destroy the Akuma.
Naruto could tell that it was all over as the sound of Allen's hand entering straight into the Akuma sounded off. He breathed a sigh of relief before sitting down on the ground next to Moore. He was exhausted for some reason. Moore looked up towards the location where the Akuma's remains were at.
"Now tell us what happened," Allen said.
Then Naruto regaled the tale of what happened on his "date" before they returned back to the police station to go to sleep. All throughout the night Naruto tried and tried to contact Innocence but to no avail.
(The Next Morning)
Moore smiled at Naruto and Allen as she watched the two of them bicker with each other. It made her feel a little better when she saw Naruto wake up with a smile on his face. After last night he seemed to be a little down. "Are you guys sure that you're not going to need anything? Seriously, I can pull some strings to help you guys out."
Allen shook his head at her before saying, "Thank you, but that won't be necessary. We'll be ok. Since the headquarters aren't too far away from here it won't be a big problem trying to find our way there."
"That's because I've got a map," Naruto said. It definitely helped out a lot since Allen got lost a lot.
"Shut up!"
Moore sighed as they began to argue again. They really did act like brothers. "Ok, so since you insist that you'll be ok I'll just let it drop. However, I do want to say come by and visit again at some point. I would love to see you guys again. So if you ever have a mission or just in the neighborhood come on by! You can tell me what you have been up to. In fact, I might ask that you guys help me out with some of the cases that we have."
"We will! You can trust us on that!" Naruto said with a laugh.
"Just like he said we will definitely do that. Don't worry about us!" Allen said excitedly. The both of them had a determination in their eyes that is rare to see on teenagers so young. They knew that failing to meet this goal could result in people dying, so they weren't going to fail this no matter what happens.
Moore laughed at their expressions before a mischievous thought popped into her head. She hadn't done anything like that in a while, but the both of them saved her life. She needed some way to reward them. "Alright you two, I want the both of you to close your eyes." If Moore knew that it wasn't going to give her away she would have smirked at their confused looks. This was going to be amusing. "It's a reward for the two of you for saving my life…twice."
Naruto and Allen looked at each other before shrugging and closing their eyes and holding out their hands. They didn't know what she was going to give them, but if it was too much then they were going to instantly give it back to her.
What they didn't expect was for her to lean down and give the both of them a peck on Allen's left cheek and Naruto's right cheek respectively. Once she pulled away she saw that their eyes were wide and their faces were a deep red. To her it was cute how innocent they are. "Like I said a reward for saving my life." She finished that statement with a wink which embarrassed them further as they shifted their eyes away from her. She laughed rather loudly when she watched them quickly walk towards the gates of London. She watched them go and waved once she saw that they looked back.
Naruto and Allen both waved rather timidly before quickly turning around and walked towards the gates even quicker.
Meanwhile both were having their own thoughts as they finally realized how important of a step in their Exorcist's career. Allen was a little nervous at making a bad impression while Naruto was thinking more complex thoughts. He wasn't able to get an answer out of Innocence last night, but he figured that he will try and force himself into his mindscape once he got settled into the Black Order. That's if Innocence doesn't talk to him within that time. Either way he was going to get some answers out of it.
No matter what, the road that they are traveling on will be filled with many, many emotions. Pain, hate, betrayal, but also happiness, friendship, and love. On this road, they will spiral through the darkness of the world.
Well that's it for this chapter! Yes, they will go to the Black Order next chapter so the plot will pick up. I don't have much to say at this point other than if anybody is complaining about Naruto being extremely innocent alongside Allen let me explain. Naruto has many personalities ranging from complete idiot to genius, big softy to cold-hearted jerk and so on. The canon Naruto is oblivious to any romantic feelings what so ever. So if anybody was expecting Naruto to be a BA dude or a master flirt then sorry. Other than that I hope that you all enjoyed the chapter and will continue to read this when I upload the next chapter!
